Improvement in body-tops for carriages



U. REYNOLDS.

Carriage-Body Loop.

Patented Sept 25, 1866.

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UEL REYNOLDS, OF NEW YORK, N; Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN BODY-TOPS FOR CARRIAGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,292, dated September25, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, UEL REYNOLDS, of the city and State of New York,have invented, made, and applied to use, a certain new and usefulImprovement in Body-Loops for (larriages, &c and I do hereby declare thefol lowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the saidinvention, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part ofthis specification, wherein Figure 1 is a side. view of the body-loopapplied to the end of the spring-bar, and Fig. 2 represents a portion ofthe end of the springbar with the body-loop attached.

Similar letters refer to the same parts.

It has been usual heretofore to rest the end of the body-loop upon thespring-bar, and attach the same by a bolt passing through the saidbody-loop and the wooden spring-bar. This greatly weakens the spring-barand renders it liable to split, particularly in light carriages, whenthe wooden spring-bar is small.

The nature of my said invention consists in a clip body-loop, the samebeing a new article ofmanufacture, formed as a metal loop extending fromthe under side of the carriage-body to the upper side of the spring-bar,and to which it is attached by a clip, formed at the end of said metalbody-loop, so that the wooden spring'bar is not injured or weakened bybeing perforated.

In the drawings, a represents a portion of the wooden spring-bar; b, aportion of the corner of the carriage-body. 0 is the metal body-loop,formed as a strap attached to the under side of the body at the cornerand extending out over the wooden spring-bar a.

cl is the clip formed at the end of the bodyloop 0, to surround saidwooden spring bar a, and be firmly attached thereto by the clamp in gaction of the nuts 6 0.

It will be evident that the clip-part (I might be inverted, the nut s ea being above the body- -loop 0, the clip being formed as a strap passing below the end of the spring-bar a, and the body-loop having holesthrough which the ends of the clip pass to the nuts above said bodyloop.

1 do not claim attaching a spring to the spring-bar by means of a clip,as that has before been done. My body-loop is not a spring it only formsa rigid attachment between the corners of the carriage and thespring-bar, and is a new article of manufacture.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The clip body-loop constructed as and ftr the purposes specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this 5th day ofMarch, 1866.

UEL REYNOLDS. WVittnesses:

GEO. D. WALKER, OHAs. H. SMITH.

